Mackenzie’s Sweater

Pattern: Hooded Tunic from Knitting Pure and Simple
Size: 24 months
Yarn: Plymouth Encore color #7804, (75% acrylic, 25% wool), worsted weight, 200 yards/3.5 ozper skein
Amount of yarn: 2 full skeins plus a bit of a 3rd
Needles: Clover Bamboo 16″ circular and dpn size 6 & 8,
Gauge: 4.5 st per inch
Started/Finished: November 13/December 6, 2005
Washing Instructions: Machine wash and dry
Recipient: my neighbor’s daughter

This is a sweater that I made for my neighbor’s daughter. They have saved us so much money by lending us her clothes for our daughter. The mom picked out the yarn and the pattern. I made this sweater in the 24 month size with the following pattern changes:

1. I changed all the garter stitch borders to seed stitch.
2. I eliminated the drawstring in the hood and changed the edge from a sewn down edge to a seed stitch edge.
3. For the arms: I decreased as directed to 35 stitches, then knit 3 rounds, decreased evenly in the next round to 28 st, changed to smaller needles and knit 5 rounds of seed stitch before binding off.

Finished dimensions:

• Chest: 26″
• Length: 15.25″
• Arms (underarm to edge): 8.75″

This is a better picture of what the yarn actuallylooks like.